Tag: street
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Photo of the day: Soho blur, October 2021
Now that I have a bit of a back-catalogue of street photographs, I find immense pleasure in diving through shots from my previous outings. Several times now I have found some of my favourite images from these searches – my photograph of a mother’s meeting at Peterborough Fair, a flower-laden street scene from Bath and…
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Photo of the day: Red barge, April 2022
Red barge, a street photograph from April 2022 in Peterborough.
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Photo of the day: Good Friday Clown, April 2022
Good Friday Clown, captured in April 2022, Peterborough.
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Photo of the day: Cody street portrait, April 2022
On Good Friday, I headed out for some street photography in Peterborough. Being a sunny day, a bank holiday and a football match day, the centre was pretty busy. After photographing in the bustle, I headed home via the River Nene and the Embankment. Here, I saw Cody and his partner – how could I…
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Shooting London with an iPhone
I tried taking some street photographs with an iPhone. It wasn’t great, but a smartphone camera is better than no camera at all.
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Photo of the day: Stamford Alley, February 2022
The coincidental placement of the signs, crate and furniture appealed to me, so I took the shot.
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My first confrontation: Taxi drivers, drunkenness and lessons learned
For me, confrontation on the street for taking a photograph is something to avoid. First of all, it means that I’ve not been as candid as I would have liked. And second, because it means explaining myself to a stranger. It’s not that I particularly care whether they appreciate or understand what I’m doing. I’d…